Type for composing for lithographing



United States Patent O 3,099,947 TYPE FOR COMPOSING FOR LITHGGRAPHING Kenneth L. Pottle, 19800 Pipeline Road, Renton, Wash. Filed June 10, 1960, Ser. No. 35,207 2 Claims. (Cl. 95-85) This invention relates to improvement in means for and methods of printing. More particularly, it has reference to improvements in type for use in composing material for lithographie printing.

It is the principal object of this invention to provide type that can be more ea-sily and readily applied in the composing of subject matter that is to be photographed for lithography printing; which is substantially less expensive than type -ordinarily used for this same purpose; that will be adhesively secured on the master lay-out sheet when positioned thereon and can be easily removed for replacement or for re-use if such is desired.

A further object of this invention resides in the individual type and the provision of lfonts of type in sheet form with the characters readily separable, -for individual use.

It is also an object of the invention to provide type fonts printed on cover stock material and which cover stock material is overlaid or laminated on one tace with plastic `and on its vother side is coated with a selected adhesive for the temporary securement of the separated type characters to the master sheet in .the preparation of a composition for photographing.

Further objects and advantages of the invention reside in the details of construction of fthe type fonts; in the preparation of the individual type characters and in their methods of use; as will hereinafter be described.

In accomplishing the above mentioned ,and other objects and advantages of the invention, I have provided the improved details of construction, the preferred forms of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a ilat, face view of .a font of type, in sheet fo-rm, embodying the improvement of the present invention therein; parts being broken away to reduce the size of the View.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one of 'the type character-s after being separated from the printed type font sheet.

FIG. 3 is a fragmental corner portion of the font sheet showing the lines `of scoring whereby the characters on the printed sheet are made readily separable.

FIG. 4 shows a portion of a make up or master sheet on which type characters have been applied, as of a composition for photo-graphing.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view of an individual type showing, in exaggerated thickness, the sheet on which the character is printed and the laminations on top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of plastic and adhesive wax.

Referring more in detail to the drawings:

In the making of the present fonts of type, I prefer to -use paper sheets, in selected sizes, of Waratone cover stock, ten-thousandths inch (.0110) thick. The fon-ts may be made up of letter characters as herein shown in FIG. l, or may be characters of various other kinds, including fonts that would be designated as sort fonts or other forms kof characters used in the printing industry. Printing of the fonts may be done in the usual "ice way with black ink or .other ink that can be readily or suitably photographed. One of the sheets of type fonts of this invention has been designated in FIG. 1 by reference numeral 10; the fonts being printed von the sheet with the characters in alignment both vertically and horizontally across the sheet, in accordance with the spacing requirement for the ready separation of characters of the fonts.

After the printing of characters on the sheets 10 has been accomplished, the top surface thereof -i-s laminated with a layer of clear Mylar plastic approximately twothousandths (.002) thick. This lamination is designated in FIG. 5 by reference numeral 12.

The laminating of the font sheet 10' is then followed by scoring the sheet horizontally between the lines of characters forming the fonts and vertically between the aligned characters of the fonts; such lines of scoring being designated, respectively, by reference numerals 13 and 14 in HG. 4. The scoring is such as to provide that the characters may be easily and readily broken apart, but will not fall apart merely by lifting or handling the font sheet.

After scoring as above stated, the font sheets undersurface is given a coating of Flex-o-lite wax, or any equivalent thereof, as designated at 16 in FIG. 5, and then the printed fonts thereon and the individual characters of the fonts may be broken apart and put in compartmented cases for easy .selection and their direct application to master lay-out sheets, such as that designated by reference 18.

Laminating the printed cardboard surface may be by application of sheet plastic by any Iof the usual methods such as, for example, by roller application, or by spray or by applying in thin sheet form under heat and pressure. Prefer-ably the application is effected by rollers.

In preparing a layout or composition tor photographing, the characters as above provided, are arranged in the ldesired relationship on the layout sheet 1-8, for example, they may be in the irregular or undulatory yalignment or in horizont-al alignment or in any other desired relationship.

One feature of the type as so formed, resides in the fact that the edges thereof are so thin that they give no shadow elfect in the photographing of the composition.

'After a layout has been photographed then the characters may be readily and easily pulled free of the master sheet and, if desired, may be placed in the compartmented cases for re-use.

Such type are long lasting; easy to use; inexpensive and are re-usable.

What I claim as new is:

1. A ltype font comprising a thin rectangular body of cardboard of uniform thickness with a flat top surface on which characters suitable for photographing are printed in parallel horizontal rows and parallel vertical rows, said rows 4extending parallel to the edges of Ithe rectangular body of cardboard, said body of cardboard being coated on its undersurface with a tacky wax, a rectangular transparent plastic layer extending over all of the said top surface of the cardboard body and 'over said characters printed thereon, said plastic layer being thinner than said cardboard body and secure to the entire top surface thereof, said font being provided with a plurality of horizontal scored lines that extend between two side edges of 3 the font and are parallel to the Ahorizontal rows of printed characters and a plurality 'of Vertical rows of scored lines that extend between upper and lower edges of the font and are parallel Ito the Vertical rows of printed characters,

the horizontal scored lines being arranged so that one o 2. A type font as defined in claim l, wherein the plastic layer is .002 inch thick and said cardboard is .01 inch thick.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 632,437 vBentley Sept. 5, 1899 10 2,200,203 Heintz May 7, 1940 2,539,609 Buckingham Jan. 30, 1951 2,627,794 Murphy Feb. l0, 1953 

1. A TYPE FONT COMPRISING A THIN RECTANGULAR BODY OF CARDBOARD OF UNIFORM THICKNESS WITH A FLAT TOP SURFACE ON WHICH CHARACTERS SUITABLE FOR PHOTOGRAPHING ARE PRINTED IN PARALLEL HORIZONTAL ROWS AND PARALLEL VERTICAL ROWS, SAID ROWS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE EDGES OF THE RECTANGULAR BODY OF CARDBOARD, SAID BODY OF CARDBOARD BEING COATED ON ITS UNDERSURFACE WITH A TACKY WAX, A RECTANGULAR TRANSPARENT PLASTIC LAYER EXTENDING OVER ALL THE SAID TOP SURFACE OF THE CARDBOARD BODY AND OVER SAID CHARACTERS PRINTED THEREON, SAID PLASTIC LAYER BEING THINNER THAN SAID CARDBOARD BODY AND SECURE TO THE ENTIRE TOP SURFACE THEREOF, SAID FONT BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTAL SCORED LINES THAT EXTEND BETWEEN TWO SIDE EDGES OF THE FONT AND ARE PARALLEL TO THE HORIZONTAL ROWS OF PRINTED CHARACTERS AND A PLURALITY OF VERTICAL ROWS OF SCORED LINES THAT EXTEND BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF THE FONT AND ARE PARALLEL TO THE VERTICAL ROWS OF PRINTED CHARACTERS, THE HORIZONTAL SCORED LINES BEING ARRANGED SO THAT ONE LINE LIES BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF HORIZONTAL ROWS OF CHARACTERS AND THE VERTICAL SCORED LINES BEING ARRANGED SO THAT ONE VERTICAL SCORED LINE LIES BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT VERTICAL ROWS OF PRINTED CHARACTERS, SAID FONT BEING EASILY BROKEN ALONG SAID HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL SCORED LINES WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF RECTANGULAR TYPE CHARACTERS MAY BE FORMED THEREFROM. 